STANDISH TOWNSHIP — The Standish Township Board doesn’t believe the White’s Beach Resort cabins for rent near the Saginaw Bay in Standish Township can be rented out to vacationers and tourists any longer, per the township’s zoning ordinance.

Floyd Bender, who has operated the rental cabins for seven years, says the decision by the board will hurt tourism in the area, as water enthusiasts often stay in the three cabins he offers up for rent.

“We (White’s Beach Resort) book the fishermen big time. … We have groups that go out at the marina, groups that go tubing on the river,” Bender said.

He added that due to Standish Township ordinances, daily rental units, which his cabins are, as well as serving as monthly or weekly units, aren’t allowed. Bender says he’s sent letters to or contacted Governor Jennifer Granholm, the Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Tribe, county commissioners and Michigan Works! to get the entities to weigh in on his situation.